Gabriel X Beelzebub - Tumblr Posts
So, I was re-watching Good Omens 2 (as one should), and noticed this thing. Somebody else probably also noticed it, but I had the urge to make a post, so here it is.
Every subsequent meeting of Gabriel and Beelzebub, they are a-getting closerrr
First meeting.
Second meeting.
Third meeting (this memory began with them standing together much closer, btw, admiring Gabriel's statue).
And finally...
"Everyday, it's a-getting closer"
"You... Thank you." "Silly, silly, angel. Why?" "I was coming to you, but... I forgot."
GABRIEL & BEELZEBUB (INEFFABLE BUREAUCRACY) | GOOD OMENS: EVERY DAY 2.06
I'm so normal about them
AHHHHHHHHDUDDUDHDJSJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJ
This song has been unironically stuck in my head since I watched the last ep
When the good omens/ineffable bureaucracy brain rot is so deep you can't even have a shift at work without thinking about it
I’ve been insanely into Ineffable Bureaucracy ship since 1st season airing back in 2019, I created a massive pile of fanarts and fics BUT if they are really gonna become A Thing I will totally lose my shit
Why does Gabriel of all people/angels have an easier time ditching heaven than Aziraphale???
I have pondered over this for quite some time.
Why does it take Gabriel x Beelzebub only 4 years before they commit to each other once and for all? While Crowley and Aziraphale have been in love for thousands of years and still haven’t figured stuff out!?
Before dealing with Aziraphale and why he can’t or won’t ditch heaven while angel-golden-boy Gabriel is like: “So long, fuckers” - Let’s start off with something easier:
Beelzebub and Crowley both come from Hell’s side. They are both on Hell’s side because they were somehow part of the Angel revolution. So, they have questioned a system before. They have rebelled (although as we see in Crowley’s case, an active role in the rebellion was not necessary. But in a toxic system basically everything can be laid out as an “act of rebellion”, if you will, and everything can get sanctioned if it rubs the supreme cult leader off the wrong way). But it seems they have an easier starting point to leave their current system because it wouldn’t be the first time for them. You may attribute it to their somewhat antagonistic nature or simply to the life experience that leaving your old life doesn’t kill you. So, I think it makes sense that Crowley is the one who always suggests that Aziraphale and him should go off together.
But what allows Gabriel – supreme arch angel and dickhead – to ditch it all in such a short amount of consideration time (4-ish years against 6000???). I mean, maybe a lot of the other angels are hypocrites: they preach something but do they actually believe it with all their heart. I mean cult leaders are not as immersed in their own propaganda as the ones they influence, right? They are using it as a tool to control people. They just have to preach - the rest has to do the believing part. Also, the rules made by toxic leaders are not followed by toxic leaders as they see themselves above them.
BUT: but after getting to know Gabriel as Jim in Season 2, being all naïve and kind and cute do we really want to see Jim/Gabriel as the (former) toxic leader who was able to break free because he wasn’t brainwashed by Heaven’s propaganda because he was the one preaching it? Idk, maybe, but probably not.
Another (kind of hurtful) explanation is that Gabriel and Beelzebub don’t have the amount of trauma that Aziraphale and Crowley have.
Gabriel and Beelzebub both occupied leading positions in Heaven and Hell. They haven’t had to endure the amount and extent of mistreating that A&C had to endure. Gabriel & Beelzebub come from a situation of privilege and maybe, just maybe, this is also expressed by them being a “straighter”/more heteronormative looking couple – they are not, Beelzebub has they/them pronouns and angels are neither men nor women – but still.
After a vacation in Alpha Centauri, Gabriel and Beelzebub come back to earth and move in together. They proceed to be the worst and most baffling neighbors anyone in the neighborhood has ever experienced.
They introduced themselves as Bee and Jim, but immediately started laughing about it, so people are pretty sure those aren't their real names.
Neither of them seem to have jobs, but they must be rich, because their house is massive and they're always wearing fancy clothes, and their wallets are bursting with money. Maybe they’re in the mafia?
Speaking of fancy clothes, “Jim” is always wearing designer suits. There is an ongoing game where people attempt to take a picture of him in any other clothes. One time, an enterprising teenager went so far as to sneak over in the middle of the night to look into his bedroom (hoping he’d be in pajamas), and saw him still in a suit, Standing on Top of the Bed, eyes wide open and Smiling Brightly. (Gabriel has not gotten the hang of sleeping yet.) (The teenager refuses to go near the house ever again.)
The short one, “Bee,” is consistently trailed by flies. This is alarming to everyone. They say that they're a “fly-keeper,” but people are pretty sure that's not a thing. Do they carry rotting meat around or something?
Bee also seems to be constantly changing appearances. One day they have a buzz cut, the next day their hair goes to their mid-back. Their eyes are a different colour every time you see them. People have set up cameras to take pictures of them on different days, and upon comparing them they are Definitely almost 6 inches taller this week. Even their facial features shift.
It gets to the point where people decide Jim must just have multiple partners, and be lying about it. (“Multiple partners that all look similar and are never seen together?” the opposition will point out. When asked if they have a better theory, they can never answer.)
The two of them will have romantic moments Anywhere, including standing in the middle of the highway staring into each others eyes. By all rights they should have been run over, but in a bizarre coincidence every car in the area ran out of fuel and stopped moving at that exact moment. People want to blame Jim for it (he did make a strange hand movement, after all), but that would just be absurd.
They use the absolute worst pet names for each other. A list of overheard ones is being recorded. “My rotten cabbage?” “My hell-bringer?” “Dearest packet of crisps??”
You cannot let them notice that you're disgusted by their lovey-doveyness. They will either get exponentially more cringey, or straight up insult you until you run away crying. Or both.
“Everyday” by Buddy Holly will be audible to the whole block at all times. Do they know other songs exist? Don't they get bored of this one?? Why is it so loud???
There’s a statue of Jim in the front yard. Its 20 feet tall and definitely a HOA violation, but people are too scared to mention it. Both Bee and Jim will come out at different times and spend hours staring at it dreamily.
People would hate them, but ever since they moved in the weather has been perfect, crime is at an all time low, and there’s little trucks that go around selling hot chocolate, and those things Probably cant be because of them, but still...
Plus, Jim doesn’t understand how money works at all, so he’ll give you $300 for a bag of chips. It's endearing, even if he is sometimes a jerk.
Bee does seem to know how money works, but they’ll frequently pay even more than Jim, especially if the person seems overworked and the place is under-staffed. They say they have experience with it.
After a month of them living there, most of the neighborhood is in a group chat created to discuss the two of them. Beelzebub is secretly in the chat, and reads their favourite theories to Gabriel.
A rumour starts going around that they're an angel and a demon in disguise, but no one can agree which one is which.
Beelzebub is the one who started the rumour.
I took the images from Good Omens 2 on Prime and added the logo. Then I added the characters to the drink image to make a background for my laptop. (the logo on the bottom has a transparent background if anyone wanted to use it.)
My boys. 💋
And thanks, Buddy Holly, for this wonderful song. I associate it only with them. And, also, it makes me believe in love…
I just finished good omens, need to say that I loved that part where Aziraphale confessed his feelings to Crowley and they finally got together. Years later they attended to Maggie and Nina's wedding, even Gabriel and Beelzebub were there! Loved that ending folks
just Beelzebub watching their boyfriend doing something stupid again
the sheer pain i felt on crowley's behalf watching gabriel and beelzebub go off to alpha centauri together, just like Crowley always wanted. it broke me. they could have it, why can't crowley and aziraphale have it.
Boxfly. Maybe. I didn't watch the show.